Monetaria

Monetaria
The underside of a live Monetaria moneta with the mantle partially retracted
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Monetaria
Troschel, 1863
Type species
Cypraea moneta Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Aricia Gray, 1837 (invalid: junior homonym of Aricia Savigny, 1822 [Polychaeta])
  • Cypraea (Aricia) Gray, 1837
  • Erosaria (Ravitrona) Iredale, 1930
  • Ornamentaria Schilder & Schilder, 1936
  • Ravitrona Iredale, 1930

Monetaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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